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ACTICOAT◊

Take Control of Infection

Whether you’re a surgeon who’s just been presented with a new case, a nurse treating a chronic wound or working in acute care, it’s your responsibility to stay in control of infection management.

By taking control of the approach to infection management in your teams and in the products you use, you can ensure you are in control of any threats to patient well-being and reduce patient treatment times related to infection.

ACTICOAT is a range of dressings that utilize the antimicrobial properties of silver to provide an efficient and effective barrier to bacterial penetration.1, 2 Flexible, absorbent and conformable, each ACTICOAT variant is developed with properties specific to its required use.3

With ACTICOAT™, the prevention and treatment of infection starts rapidly and continues to work

ACTICOAT possesses the key characteristics of an antimicrobial dressing:

Don’t risk infection

Whether you’re a surgeon who’s just been presented with a new case, a nurse treating a chronic wound or working in acute care, it’s your responsibility to stay in control of infection management.

By taking control of the approach to infection management in your teams and in the products you use, you can ensure you are in control of any threats to patient well-being and reduce patient treatment times related to infection.

ACTICOAT is a range of dressings that utilize the antimicrobial properties of silver to provide an efficient and effective barrier to bacterial penetration.3 Flexible, absorbent and conformable, each ACTICOAT variant is developed with properties specific to its required use.1,2

With ACTICOAT, the prevention and treatment of infection starts rapidly and continues to work.

ACTICOAT for Burns

In burn cases where taking control of the risk of infection is critical to patient survival, you need reliable protection against the unknown. ACTICOAT™’s unique patented silver technology helps you mitigate the risk of infection over partial and full thickness wounds.

Hospital Use and Acute Care

In emergency cases and acute care where taking control of the risk of infection is critical to patient survival, you need reliable protection against the unknown. ACTICOAT™’s unique patented silver technology helps you mitigate the risk of infection over partial and full thickness wounds.

Chronic Wounds

Whether they are diabetic ulcers, venous ulcers or pressure ulcers, chronic infections can be difficult to treat. Left unresolved, they can lead to prolonged patient suffering and increased healthcare costs. Taking control of infection is critical to patient outcome.

In as little as 2 weeks ACTICOAT™ has been shown to reduce the signs and symptoms of infection and requires fewer dressing changes than other dressings, allowing you to treat more patients more effectively.25, 26

Fast-acting

Gets to work rapidly, in as little as two weeks. ACTICOAT's proprietary silver technology is formulated to act rapidly, and can reduce the signs and symptoms of infection in as little as two weeks in infected chronic wounds.25

Sustained action

ACTICOAT continues to work effectively for

up to 3 or 7 days depending on wear time

resulting in:

Fewer dressing changes

Fewer visits with a clinician

Less overall nurse time

Kills 150+ pathogens

150+ pathogens

Broad spectrum

gram-positive bacteria

gram-negative bacteria

fungal wound pathogens6, 9-11

ACTICOAT’s proprietary silver technology means that it is effective against a very broad spectrum of pathogens so you are equipped to reduce the signs and symptoms of infection in chronic wounds with complete confidence

Link to ACTICOAT Flex and Flex 7

Whether they are diabetic ulcers, venous ulcers or pressure ulcers, chronic infections can be difficult to treat. Left unresolved, they can lead to prolonged patient suffering and increased healthcare costs. Taking control of infection is critical to patient outcome.

In as little as 2 weeks ACTICOAT has been shown to reduce the signs and symptoms of infection and requires fewer dressing changes than other dressings, allowing you to treat more patients more effectively.25, 26

Fast-acting

Gets to work rapidly, in as little as two weeks. ACTICOAT's proprietary silver technology is formulated to act rapidly, and can reduce the signs and symptoms of infection in as little as two weeks in infected chronic wounds.25

Sustained action

ACTICOAT continues to work effectively for up to 3 or 7 days5,35,36 depending on wear time resulting in:» Fewer dressing changes;» Fewer visits with a clinician;» Less overall nurse time.

Kills 150+ pathogens

ACTICOAT’s proprietary silver technology means that it is effective against a very broad spectrum of pathogens so you are equipped to reduce the signs and symptoms of infection in chronic wounds with complete confidence25.

Surgical Incisions

Your choice of post-operative dressing may significantly impact your re-admission rates and related healthcare costs. Without a fast-acting, effective antimicrobial barrier dressing after surgery, patients could be left at serious risk of surgical site infections (SSIs).

ACTICOAT™ Surgical protects your patients against the most common bacteria in each of these surgical situations and many more. Be proactive against infection risk in your surgical procedures with ACTICOAT.

Effective barrier to bacterial penetration

Once applied, ACTICOAT Surgical is a near-complete barrier to the penetration or spread of infection, protecting your surgical incision from infection risk.32

Sustained action

ACTICOAT Surgical continues to work effectively up to seven days, leaving you safe in the knowledge that your incision is protected once a patient has left hospital:

Without a fast-acting, effective antimicrobial barrier dressing after surgery, patients could be left at serious risk of surgical site infections (SSIs).

ACTICOAT Surgical protects your patients against the most common bacteria in each of these surgical situations and many more. Be proactive against infection risk in your surgical procedures with ACTICOAT.

Effective barrier to bacterial penetration

Once applied, ACTICOAT Surgical is a near-complete barrier to the penetration or spread of infection, protecting your surgical incision from infection risk.32

Sustained action

ACTICOAT Surgical continues to work effectively up to seven days33, leaving you safe in the knowledge that your incision is protected once a patient has left hospital: